Analysis of We Cover Thee—Sweet Face
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
We Cover Thee—Sweet Face—
Not that We tire of Thee—
But that Thyself fatigue of Us—
Remember—as Thou go—
We follow Thee until
Thou notice Us—no more—
And then—reluctant—turn away
To Con Thee o'er and o'er—
And blame the scanty love
We were Content to show—
Augmented—Sweet—a Hundred fold—
If Thou would'st take it—now—
| Scheme | XXXAXXXX XAXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111 1111011 1110111 010111 110101 110111 01010101 11110010 010101 101011 01010101 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 349 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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